Monkey money
What can monkeys tell us about the stock market? Trained to use money, monkeys make some βfinancialβ decisions which are remarkably similar to those made by humans.
What can monkeys tell us about the stock market? Apes and monkeys are our closest animal relatives. We share a common evolutionary history. Through studying them, Laurie Santos believes we can learn a bit about ourselves and our attitude to money. Laurie Santos has taught monkeys to use money (or tokens). And it turns out that in experiments, monkeys make some βfinancialβ decisions which are remarkably similar to those made by humans. This may explain why we humans keep facing financial crises!
Presented by David Edmonds
(Photo: The Thinker scultpture by Auguste Rodin/Thinking Gorilla, Credit: Shutterstock)
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